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CMF Headphone Pro vs Nothing Headphone (a): which should you buy?

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CMF Headphone Pro costs $120 less to buy today.

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BEFORE YOU CHOOSE

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THE PRICE

Price check

Each model is judged on its own price history.

CMF Headphone Pro

$79at Nothing
Checked Oct. 21, 2026

Tracking since Oct. 21, 2026

Nothing Headphone (a)

$199at Nothing
Checked Oct. 21, 2026

Tracking since Oct. 21, 2026

THE DETAILS

Key differences

01 / A02 / B

Battery life

50 hoursANC on

Up to 50 hours with ANC on

135 hoursANC off

Up to 135 hours (ANC off)

50 hours (ANC on) vs 135 hours (ANC off), measured differently

Weight

283 g

310 g

283 g vs 310 g

From each company's own specs. We list a difference only when both companies give a figure and the figures differ. If either one doesn't say, we leave it out rather than guess. When two figures were measured in different ways, we show both and don't compare them.

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW

Do reviews break the tie?

Reviews don't settle it: we haven't found an outlet that scored both.

YOUR NEXT STEP

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